Copy-WinSCPItem fails with null path

[krylon]

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Issue Description

Copy-WinSCPItem fails when attempting to copy a file

Example

Copy-WinSCPItem -Path /tmp/test1.txt -Destination /tmp/test2.txt

Expected Output

A copy of /tmp/test1.txt is made and written to /tmp/test2.txt

Actual Output

Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.

WinSCP-PowerShell Version

6.1.2.0

Environment

Windows 10
PowerShell 5.1
WinSCP session is SCP
Session option also includes SSHhoskeypolicy = 'AcceptNew'

[krylon]

It looks like inside Copy-WInSCPItem you are validating the destination path\file first and a call is failing inside Get-WinSCPItem on line 52 using:

$WinSCPSession.GetFileInfo($pathvalue)

$pathvalue would be the new destination file and its not present yet.

[tomohulk]

I'll have to think about this, and try some refactoring. the -Destination should be a directory, not a full file path. But, I think it should support this. So I'll have to refactor that function a bit. Thanks for letting me know.

[jojomueller05]

I've had a similar issue. I've used the Get-WinSCPChildItem
with the -Filter parameter. This returned me an array of objects.

The files and folders which should get ignored by the filter are represented with $null
in the returned array. Therefore, the following cmdlets failed ( in my case
Receive-WinSCPChildItem).

I've fixed it by removing the $null values from the array. Here is an example:

# ...
# define filters
$types = @("*.csv", "*.xls*", "*.txt")

# get files on the remote
$files = foreach($type in $types){
	Get-WinSCPChildItem -Path $Source -Filter $type -WinSCPSession $Session 
}

# ...

# Remove $null values from $files 
$files | Select-Object {$_ -ne $null}

# Download files 
Receive-WinSCPChildItem -RemotePath $files -LocalPath $Destination -WinSCPSession $Session